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About Malheta Danda Village

Malheta Danda is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,917, made up of 1,033 males and 884 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1481.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malheta Danda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malheta Danda village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Rath
Pincode 210428
Area (hectares) 1481.2 hectares
Population 1,917
Male Population 1,033
Female Population 884
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Malheta Danda compares

By the 2011 count Malheta Danda is the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 1481.2 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Malheta Danda

Malheta Danda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malheta Danda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malheta Danda from other places

Malheta Danda lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Malheta Danda
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 16 km
Nearest town Mandi 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Rath 32 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 32 km

Villages closest to Malheta Danda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rath tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Malheta Danda

As per the Census of India 2011, Malheta Danda village had a population of 1,917. That makes it the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Malheta Danda village has 1,033 males and 884 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malheta Danda has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Malheta Danda is 210428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malheta Danda covers 1481.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malheta Danda falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malheta Danda is Buffer Stop, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Malheta Danda.

Malheta Danda is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malheta Danda is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Rath is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alipura (under 2 km), Galihaya (under 2 km) and Itayal (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Malheta Danda today is likely to be higher.

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